Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper

18th/19th century Decorated Paper.- 4 sheets of decorative patterned paper, paper with watercolour designs of flowers (1 sheet with decoration lai...

Bodoni.- Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Satira V, Traduzione Italiana..., [one of 150 copies], half-title, engraved title-vignette, the dedication co...

Bodoni.- Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Satira V, Traduzione Italiana..., [one of 150 copies], presentation copy inscribed "Augustus J.Foster from his...

Chapbook.- Death and Burial of Cock Robin (The), 8pp., single folded sheet, 15 woodcut illustrations, light spotting, uncut and unbound, [Gumuchia...

Darton, publishers.- English (Clara) The Children in the Wood. An Instructive Tale, second edition, engraved title-vignette and 13 illustrations, ...

[Franklin (Benjamin)] The Art of Making Money Plenty in Every Man's Pocket, engraved throughout with vignette title and rebus, printed on 8 leaves...

Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl) German Popular Stories, translated from the Kinder und Haus-Marchen..., 2 vol., first English edition, first...

Game.- Wallis (Edward, publisher) Wallis's New Game of Wanderers in the Wilderness, folding hand-coloured aquatint pictorial map of South America ...

Game.- Wallis (Edward, publisher) European Travellers, an Instructive Game, folding hand-coloured aquatint pictorial map of Europe, dissected and ...

[Combe (William)] The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint pictorial ti...

[Combe (William)] The Dance of Life, a Poem, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional vignette title and 24 plates by Thomas...

Thames Tunnel.- Azulay (Bondy, publisher) Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, board with small mounted circular engraving and two holes for viewing thr...

Anglo-American satire.- Seminole Indians in Florida.- Cruikshank (George, 1792-1878) American Justice!! or the ferocious yankee genl Jack's reward...

Gillray (James, 1756-1815) The Cockney-Sportsmen, the set of four, etchings with original bright hand-colouring on wove paper, each approx. 255 x ...

Gillray (James, 1756-1815) A great Stream from a Petty-Fountain;-or-John Bull swamped in the flood of new-taxes:-cormorants fishing in the stream,...

Gillray (James) The Caricatures of Gillray; with Historical and Political Illustrations..., bound from the parts with slip to subscribers regardin...

Laurie & Whittle (publishers) An Hieroglyphic Poetical Epistle, from [a Gentleman] to [a Lady]; The Answer, an Hieroglyphic Poetical Epistle, from...

Late-Georgian satirical prints.- [Fores (Samuel William, publisher and printseller, 1761-1838) and others]. Collector's folio album containing ove...

Macaroni fashion.- Darly (Matthew, c.1720-1780) The Extravaganza, or The Mountain Head Dress of 1776, etching with early hand-colouring in gouache...

Napoleonic satire.- Cruikshank (Isaac), after. John Bull shewing the Corsican Monkey!, original drawing after the etched caricature by Cruikshank,...

Napoleonic satire.- Cruikshank (Isaac, 1764-1811) Harlequin's last skip, Napoleon, dressed as Harlequin, but with enormous cocked hat and Hessian ...

Napoleonic satire.- Ward (Harry, active 1805-1810) John Bull's explosive bum (bomb) or a ducking for the French fleet in Basque roads, John Bull h...

Napoleonic satire.- Invasion satire.- Williams (Charles, d. 1838) The Coffin Expedition or Boney's Invincible Armada Half Seas Over, satire highli...

Napoleonic satire.- Roberts (Piercy, publisher) An English bull dog and a Corsican blood hound, early printing before Thomas Tegg scored through R...

Newton (Richard, 1777-1798), attributed to. More Visitors to John Bull, or the Assess'd Taxes!!!; A Visitor to John Bull for the Year 1799, or, Th...

Dürer (Albrecht, 1471-1528) The Small Fortune, engraving, a good Meder c impression, on laid paper affixed to card support, sheet 121 x 66 mm. (4 ...

Dürer (Albrecht, 1471-1528) The Whore of Babylon, from The Apocalypse, woodcut, without Latin text verso, on laid paper without watermark, sheet 3...

PLEASE NOTE: the description of this lot has changedDürer (Albrecht, 1471-1528) Hercules conquering Cacus (Hercules conquering the Molionide twins...

Dürer (Albrecht, 1471-1528) The Holy Family with three hares, woodcut, a later Meder h impression on laid paper with watermark of IHS with a cross...

Callot (Jacques, 1592-1635) Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre, the complete set of 18, including title, etchings, a fine and early uniform set, the...

NO RESERVE William Hogarth.- Ross (Thomas, active c. 1730-1757), Manner of. Figure studies, pen and grey ink with monochrome wash over traces of p...

The Sheridan Sisters, or "Three Graces".- English School (19th century) Portrait of Three Women, traditionally understood to be The Honourable Mrs...

Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1881) The Skylark, etching, a clean impression of the completed image with the plate number '17' below, on thick ivory wove p...

Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1881) Christmas - folding the last sheep (from Samuel Palmer A Memoir), etching on japan, an excellent "proof" impression, pr...

Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1881) The Herdsman's Cottage, etching on cream laid paper without watermark, a good impression of the published state, platem...

Dorset.- Pouncy (J.) Dorsetshire Photographically Illustrated, Parts 1 & 2 only (of 4) in 1 vol., lithographed title and 39 tinted photolithograph...

Napoleon.- Vernet (Carle) Tableaux historiques des campagnes d'Italie, depuis l'an IV jusqu'à la bataille de Marengo, suivis du Précis des opérati...

Maritime. Naval tactics.- Morogues (Sebastien-Francois Bigot, Vicomte de) Tactique navale ou Traité des volutions et des signaux, first edition, h...

Maritime.- Brierly (Sir Oswald Walters) The English and French fleets in the Baltic, 1854 ... made during the year on board H.M.S. St. Jean d'Acre...

[Moffett (Peter)] A commentarie vpon the whole booke of the Prouerbs of Salomon. The second time perused, much enlarged, and newly published for t...

Geology.- Lyell (Charles) Principles of Geology, being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, 3 vol., first edition, hal...

Newton (Sir Isaac) Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology, abridged by himself. To which are added, Some observations on the Chronology of Sir Isaac Newton...

Botany.- Dodart (Denis) and Nicolas Robert. Eighteen plates from 'Estampes pour servir a l'histoire des plantes', engravings by Nicolas Robert, Ab...

Trees.- Evelyn (John) Sylva, Or A Discourse Of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber, 3 parts in 1, first edition, initial licence leaf, tit...

Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette, 13 vol. (complete set), half-title, 153 engraved plates (aquatints, stipple-engravings, etchings, wood-engra...

[Ercolani (Giuseppe Maria)], "Neralco (Pastore Arcade)". I tre ordini d'architettura dorico, ionico e corintio presi dalle fabbriche piu celebri d...

Orme (Edward) Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes, 39 hand-coloured aquatint plates only (of 40), the majority after J. A. Atkinson, occasiona...

Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) The Peep Show, point of the brush and ink with watercolour, signed lower centre, laid paper mounted on suppo...

Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) A Master Parson with a Good Living, pen, brush and ink with monochrome washes, partial inscription/signature...

Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) Intelligence on the Change of Ministry, pen, brush and ink with monochrome washes, numbered '477' in the low...

Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) Youthful Sport, an original drawing for mezzotint, pen, brush and ink with watercolour, signed, inscribed an...

Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) Three original drawings of half-length caricatures in ovals for mezzotints, including 'I'm ready for you', '...

Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) A collection of 60 caricatures printed 1802-1812, including many characters from Oxford, international digni...

Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) Quarrelsome Taylors, or Two of a Trade Seldom Agree, point of the brush, ink and watercolour, signed lower r...

Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) A collection of 19 early caricatures printed before 1802, including a slightly trimmed impression of Dighton...

Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) Four original drawings of half-length caricatures in ovals for mezzotints, including 'A Deep One', 'A Lame D...

Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) The Harmony of Courtship; The Dischord of Matrimony, a pair, original drawings for mezzotints, point of the ...

Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) Original design for 'Geography Bewitched! or, a droll Caricature Map of Scotland', point of the brush, ink a...

Dighton the Elder (Robert), attributed to. Family group portrait in an interior, pencil on laid paper, bears signature lower left, mounted on laid...

Dighton (Richard, printmaker, publisher, and son of Robert Dighton the Elder, 1795-1880) A collection of 97 caricatures, including 'The Dandy Club...